Much of the city’s success with cycling has happened in the last five years, with a 58% increase in levels of cycling witnessed between 2006 and 2010. However, what is most impressive about this growth is that between these dates the city was legally incapable of developing its bicycle network.

… if you’re biking without a light in San Francisco this month and a cop pulls you over, it’s possible that he’s trying to issue you a light, not a ticket. Thanks to Light Up the Night, a collaboration between the city’s transit authority and the nonprofit San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, 2,000 bike lights purchased by the city will find a home with unsuspecting bikers traveling without lights this season.